مقايسه ميزان رشد حركات ظريف و دقيق در كودكان مهدهاي كودك شهري و روستايي سمنان

The goal of this study was to compare of fine motor development in urban and rural preschool children. Materials and Methods: Ninety-seven normal pre-school children participated in this study (n=97), including 57 urban and 40 rural children, (n1=57, n2=40). To assess fine motor skills 6 evaluation methods were used, the assessments were: scissoring a direct line and a curve, moderate movement tests, coloring in by pencils, difficult fine motor test and dotting. For analysis of data t test was used to determine significant differences between the two groups (urban and rural). Results: In the two assessment methods, difficult fine motor test and dotting, there was significant differences between the two groups; showing rural children had more success in doing the tasks. In the other four evaluation methods, there were no significant differences between the two groups. Conclusion: Rural children had more success to carry out fine motor skills when compared to urban children, requiring revision of educational pre-school programme especially in the field of motor skills.